This was a talk that made me want to jump out of my seat and go save the world using statistics (OK maybe I’m exaggerating… but not by much). It was so refreshing to see data analysis being implemented on a broad scale to make things immediately better for everyone involved. And I think that it’s stories like these that make people excited about statistics. Who doesn’t want to be one of the “get shit done people”?

(An aside: if you’re not initiated with the data science label, there was a really interesting talk by Harlan Harris discussing just that, complete with a survey analysis! And another aside: I’d love to see what the NYC FCTF is doing on Wall Street – I mean it is in their banner photo! – but sadly this wasn’t discussed…)